The Naked City (1948)
Popularity4.5/5
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Directors
Jules Dassin
Cast
Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart, Don Taylor, Frank Conroy, Ted de Corsia
The story
On a hot New York summer night, two men chloroform ex-model Jean Dexter and drown her in her bathtub. When one of them gets conscience-stricken while drunk, the other kills him and throws his body into the East River. Experienced New York City Police Department detective Lt.
Genres
Drama, Film Noir, crime film, documentary film, drama film, film noir, mystery film
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